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Scoring higher on grammar and spelling tests could be related to constantly using the English language - however I think an opportunity was missed with this one: the correlation between kids who have access to texting devices and kids who have access to good schooling and tutoring. {{unsigned|Slippyshoe}} | Scoring higher on grammar and spelling tests could be related to constantly using the English language - however I think an opportunity was missed with this one: the correlation between kids who have access to texting devices and kids who have access to good schooling and tutoring. {{unsigned|Slippyshoe}} | ||
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::I cannot agree with you because I think you should have used "an", "any" or the plural “arguments" in "You never saw online argument ...". Also, you made me search for the right use of "grammatic" versus "grammatical". ;) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.92.223|141.101.92.223]] 14:26, 29 August 2014 (UTC) | ::I cannot agree with you because I think you should have used "an", "any" or the plural “arguments" in "You never saw online argument ...". Also, you made me search for the right use of "grammatic" versus "grammatical". ;) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.92.223|141.101.92.223]] 14:26, 29 August 2014 (UTC) | ||
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Ironically, "Ulysses" from James Joyce is also considered one of the worst and most boring books in human history, topping many lists of books you can't get past the first page. Many people joke that Marilyn Monroe was one of the few persons that ever read the book right by starting from the end. -- [[Special:Contributions/141.101.70.139|141.101.70.139]] 13:09, 29 August 2014 (UTC) | Ironically, "Ulysses" from James Joyce is also considered one of the worst and most boring books in human history, topping many lists of books you can't get past the first page. Many people joke that Marilyn Monroe was one of the few persons that ever read the book right by starting from the end. -- [[Special:Contributions/141.101.70.139|141.101.70.139]] 13:09, 29 August 2014 (UTC) | ||
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Is anyone familiar with a recent report that might have lead to this comic? There is no specific reference given in the comic. I think most of the reports on this topic were from Beverly Plester of Coventry University between 2006 and 2011. I can't find much of anything since then... --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.169|108.162.216.169]] 14:32, 29 August 2014 (UTC) | Is anyone familiar with a recent report that might have lead to this comic? There is no specific reference given in the comic. I think most of the reports on this topic were from Beverly Plester of Coventry University between 2006 and 2011. I can't find much of anything since then... --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.169|108.162.216.169]] 14:32, 29 August 2014 (UTC) | ||
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With the growing influence of voice recognition interfaces, will some folks someday be decrying the shift to abbreviated forms of speech, and the lack of attention to teaching writing or using GUI interfaces? And, as Tim O'Reilly notes, will others celebrate the return to something like the "command line" of old, highly suitable to extensibility and programming via macros, creation of new nouns and verbs, etc? See [http://anomaly.org/wade/blog/2013/12/why_textual_user_interfaces_ar.html Programmer Musings: Why Textual User Interfaces are Better than Graphic User Interfaces] and [http://slashdot.org/story/206085?nobeta=1 At Home with Tim O'Reilly (Videos 1 and 2 of 6) - Slashdot] (click below the videos to see the transcript, and note that it doesn't work in their beta interface). [[User:Nealmcb|Nealmcb]] ([[User talk:Nealmcb|talk]]) 15:25, 29 August 2014 (UTC) | With the growing influence of voice recognition interfaces, will some folks someday be decrying the shift to abbreviated forms of speech, and the lack of attention to teaching writing or using GUI interfaces? And, as Tim O'Reilly notes, will others celebrate the return to something like the "command line" of old, highly suitable to extensibility and programming via macros, creation of new nouns and verbs, etc? See [http://anomaly.org/wade/blog/2013/12/why_textual_user_interfaces_ar.html Programmer Musings: Why Textual User Interfaces are Better than Graphic User Interfaces] and [http://slashdot.org/story/206085?nobeta=1 At Home with Tim O'Reilly (Videos 1 and 2 of 6) - Slashdot] (click below the videos to see the transcript, and note that it doesn't work in their beta interface). [[User:Nealmcb|Nealmcb]] ([[User talk:Nealmcb|talk]]) 15:25, 29 August 2014 (UTC) | ||
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Except people who play catch ''aim'' at things. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.215|173.245.52.215]] 02:21, 31 August 2014 (UTC) | Except people who play catch ''aim'' at things. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.215|173.245.52.215]] 02:21, 31 August 2014 (UTC) | ||
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